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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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