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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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