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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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