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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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