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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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