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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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