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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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