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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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