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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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