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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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