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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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