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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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