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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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