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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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