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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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