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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key 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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