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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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