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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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