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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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