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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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