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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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