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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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