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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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