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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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