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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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