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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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