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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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