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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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