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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take 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. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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