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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important 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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