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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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