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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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