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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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