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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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