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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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