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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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