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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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