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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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