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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended 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 organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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