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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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