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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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