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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning 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 we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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