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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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