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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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