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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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