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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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