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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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