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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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