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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education