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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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