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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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