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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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