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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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