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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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