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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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