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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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