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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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