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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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