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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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