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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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