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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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