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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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