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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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