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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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