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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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