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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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