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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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