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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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