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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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