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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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