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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have made it possible for people all over 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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