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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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