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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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