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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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