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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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