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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with 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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