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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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