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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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