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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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