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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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