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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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