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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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