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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning 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 we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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