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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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