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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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