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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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