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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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