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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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