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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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