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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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