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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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