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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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