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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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