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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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