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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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