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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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