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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to 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 quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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