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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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