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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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