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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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