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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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