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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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