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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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