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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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