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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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