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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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