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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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