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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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