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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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