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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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