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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key 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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