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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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