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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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