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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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