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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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