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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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