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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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