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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key 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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