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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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