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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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