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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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