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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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