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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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