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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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