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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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