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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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