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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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