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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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