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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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