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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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