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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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