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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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