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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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