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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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