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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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