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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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