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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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