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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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