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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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