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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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