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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations 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 educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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