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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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