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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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