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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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