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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. 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 education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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