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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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