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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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