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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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