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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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