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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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