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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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