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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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