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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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