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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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