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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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