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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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