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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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