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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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