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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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