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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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