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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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