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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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