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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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