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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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