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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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