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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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