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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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