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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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