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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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