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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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