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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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