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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp these open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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