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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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