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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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