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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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