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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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