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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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