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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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