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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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