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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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