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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the 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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