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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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