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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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