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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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