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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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