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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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