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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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