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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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