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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews 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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