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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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