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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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