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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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