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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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