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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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