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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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