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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses 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 numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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