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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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