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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the 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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