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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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