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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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