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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning enable students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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