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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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