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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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