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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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