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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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