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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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