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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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