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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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