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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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