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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner 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 blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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