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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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