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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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