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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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