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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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