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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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