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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with 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 we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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