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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines 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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