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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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