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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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