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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. 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 participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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