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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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