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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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