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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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