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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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