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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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