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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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