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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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