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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

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