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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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