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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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