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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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