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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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