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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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