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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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