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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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