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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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