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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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