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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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