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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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