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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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