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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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