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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about 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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