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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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