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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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