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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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