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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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