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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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