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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the 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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