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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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