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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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