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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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