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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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