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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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