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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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