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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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