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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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