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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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