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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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