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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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