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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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