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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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