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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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