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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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