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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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