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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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