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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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