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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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