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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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