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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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