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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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