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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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