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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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