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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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