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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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