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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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