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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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