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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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