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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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