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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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