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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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