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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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