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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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