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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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