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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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