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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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