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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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