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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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