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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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