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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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