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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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