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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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