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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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