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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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