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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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