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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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