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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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