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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the 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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