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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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