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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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