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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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