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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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