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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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