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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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