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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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