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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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