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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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