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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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