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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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