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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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