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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving 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 massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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