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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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