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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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