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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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