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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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