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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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