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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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