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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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