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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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