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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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