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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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