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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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