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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle 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 teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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