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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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