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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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