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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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