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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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