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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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