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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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