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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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