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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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