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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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