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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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