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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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