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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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