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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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