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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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