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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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