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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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