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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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