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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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