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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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