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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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