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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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