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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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