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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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