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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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