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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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