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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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