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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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