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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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