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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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