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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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