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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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