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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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