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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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