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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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