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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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