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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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