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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the 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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