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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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