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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the major 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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