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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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