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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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