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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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