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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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