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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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