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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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