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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning 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 teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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