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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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