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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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