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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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