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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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