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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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