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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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