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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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