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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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