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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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