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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources. As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The latest changes in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition? How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation.

There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). For more details please visit this MOOC book site.

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