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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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