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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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