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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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