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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.

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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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