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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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