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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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