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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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