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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies 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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