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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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