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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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