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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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