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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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