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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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