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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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