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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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