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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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