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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. 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 participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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