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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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