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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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