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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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