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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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