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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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