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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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