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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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