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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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