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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores 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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