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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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