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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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