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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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