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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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