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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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