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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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