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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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