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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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