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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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