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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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