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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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