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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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