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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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