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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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