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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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