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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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