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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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