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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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