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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider 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 institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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