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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the 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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