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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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