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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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