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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major 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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