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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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