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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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