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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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