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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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