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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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