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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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