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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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