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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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