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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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