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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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