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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.

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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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