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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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