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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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