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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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