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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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