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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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