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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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