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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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