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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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