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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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