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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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