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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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