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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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