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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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