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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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