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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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