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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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