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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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