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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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