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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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