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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also explores the key 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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