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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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