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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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