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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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