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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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