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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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