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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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