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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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