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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing 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 training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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