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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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