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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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