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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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