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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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