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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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