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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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