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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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