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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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