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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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