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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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