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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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