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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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