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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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