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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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