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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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