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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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