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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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