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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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