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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses 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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