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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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