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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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