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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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