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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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