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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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