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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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