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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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