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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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