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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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