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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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