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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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