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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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