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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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