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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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