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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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