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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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