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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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