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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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