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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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