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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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