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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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