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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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