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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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