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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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