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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended 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 guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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