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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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