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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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